You've convinced me to go with XP, whatever solution I end up with. I'm thinking going cheap, with a reconditioned Windows machine that I can soup up with as much memory (seriously, 4 GB) as I can.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
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Theodosia - Sep 02, 2007 2:02:07 am PDT #2573 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
omnis_audis - Sep 02, 2007 10:58:19 am PDT #2574 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
o hey, for those of you who want a 2nd cheap iPod (or a 1st one) The Woot of the day is the 4th gen 20GB iPod (looks like the short lived HP version). Only $99+ $5 shipping. [link]
omnis_audis - Sep 02, 2007 8:44:56 pm PDT #2575 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I'm downloading Parallels. It changed enough since the beta stuff I played with. Plus they bribed me with $10 iTunes gift card, so how could I refuse?
omnis_audis - Sep 02, 2007 10:16:37 pm PDT #2576 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
wow, sorry for the running riot of posts today. Y'all must be doing things more than loafing and avoiding work.
Anyhow, the question for the awesome hive mind. Is there a way to take a playlist from an iPod, that was created on the iPod, and export it/copy it/move it back into iTunes? I created some cool lists at work, and now want them saved at home. Eventually hope to actually sync rather than just manual, but I don't want to loose these awesome playlists... or have to recreate them either (BIG playlists).
Laga - Sep 02, 2007 10:20:06 pm PDT #2577 of 25496
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I have no clue about ipods but I am loafing and avoiding work.
Theodosia - Sep 03, 2007 2:03:06 am PDT #2578 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I await the answer, omnis.
Fred Pete - Sep 03, 2007 3:10:07 am PDT #2579 of 25496
Ann, that's a ferret.
omnis, Tuneplus (available at your local Big Box store) is supposed to be able to do that. I bought a copy when I got my new iPod after the old one died, and the computer containing my iTunes library had also died. I can't say it worked very well for me, but that may have been the condition of the old iPod.
Jon B. - Sep 03, 2007 3:55:09 am PDT #2580 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I haven't tried it, but it appears as though the free YamiPod can do it: [link]
tommyrot - Sep 03, 2007 7:44:32 am PDT #2581 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is there a way to take a playlist from an iPod, that was created on the iPod, and export it/copy it/move it back into iTunes?
Any playlist you create on an iPod should appear in iTunes as an "On The Go" playlist. (If you create more than one they get numbered.)
tommyrot - Sep 03, 2007 8:27:56 am PDT #2582 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Airport on my MacBook seems to be acting up. When I join my home network, it connects readily but often takes a minute or two to get an IP adress via DHCP. Often I'll hit the "renew DHCP lease" button but I'm not sure that speeds things up very much.
I've tried rebooting the MacBook, the router and the modem. I've tried a different router. None of those seemed to help. The MacBook sometimes has problems with other routers as well. Recently it has started dropping the connection, forcing me to manually reconnect.
The only thing which has seemed to help (not positive the instances of "seeming to help" are statistically significant) is turning off the "Enable interference robustness" option.
My home network is set up as a preferred network. The signal is strong, and the noise is low, giving a good signal/noise ratio.
Any ideas?